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By Andy Flynn andy@denpubs.com WEVERTOWN — The Wevertown Volunteer Fire Company Inc. answering machine is still taking messages, but its members won’t be responding to fires anytime soon. Wevertown Fire Chief Jarrett Brown told the News Enterprise April 10 that

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communities about the Wevertown Fire Company’s training and ability to respond safely to calls. These are accusations that Brown flatly denies. Town officials held off renewing the fire company’s contract until they could see some of its records, including membership and training lists, equipment lists, and their financial and operating information, according to Johnsburg Supervisor Ron Vanselow. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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newsenterprise@denpubs.com JOHNSBURG — With the Wevertown Volunteer Fire Company officially inactive, Johnsburg Town Supervisor Ron Vanselow said Monday, April 9 in an email to the News Enterprise that he has requested some of the town’s other contracted fire companies provide coverage for

Wevertown residents. “Johnsburg and North Creek VFDs (as well as Riverside) are all on automatic mutual aid for any calls in the Wevertown fire district,” Vanselow wrote. “So we definitely have coverage.” The Wevertown Fire Company recently disbanded following a series of events, including the town’s decision to hold off renewing its contract and a town request to see some of the

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members of the Wevertown company at the county Fire Coordinator ’s office. Asked if there had been any movement in the situation, Vanselow said no. “No movement as far as I can tell,” he said. “I do know that one person tried to get ahold of the books with the intent to try to resurrect the department,” Vanselow said, “but was rebuffed by the chief.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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company’s records. “All we asked for was membership and training lists, equipment lists, and their financial and operating information,” Vanselow wrote. “That letter is on file at the town hall.” Vanselow confirmed that he had discussed the status of the Wevertown company with Warren County Fire Coordinator Brian LaFlure, who recently met with the remaining

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his members recently disbanded the fire company because the town of Johnsburg will not renew its fire contract. The company is a not-for-profit corporation and needed to sign a contract with the town to pay for coverage in the Wevertown fire district. “We have had enough of the fight with the town over this contract,” Brown said. “We can’t run on air.” In early February, accusations arose among fire officials in neighboring

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NORTH CREEK — It's still very difficult to find pools of optimism among business owners in the Southern Adirondacks, but there was a certain ebullience evident this week during the Adirondack Economic Development Conference held Tuesday, April 10 at the Tannery Pond Community Center. The conference, during which regional not-for-profit and state development officers explained resources they have for small businesses, drew several dozen business people from the area. "I came to see the community moving forward," said Joanne Smith, who helped manage Smith's Restaurant on Main Street in North Creek until it became Andie's Restaurant at Smith. No longer a businesswoman, Smith has 1,600 square feet of space beneath the restaurant she's looking to rent or lease. Speaking about herself, her brother Francis and a few friends who've spent their whole lives in the area, she said, "We're giddy." Passenger trains, the prospect of freight trains, the new Main Street businesses in the last few years all have her feeling like North Creek could be headed for a new peak.

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